Bonjour Mesdames et Messieurs, bienvenue dans la période baroque et au début de l’ère rococo de l’histoire de la mode française. In other words: welcome to the Baroque period and the early Rococo era of the history of French fashion. More specifically, the fashion of the French Bourbon consorts. The House of Bourbon descended from Louis I, 1st Duke of Bourbon, grandson of the French king Louis IX. They ruled France from the 16th through the 18th century, through the French Revolution, and again in the 19th century, when they were restored after Napoleon’s fall. The Bourbon name did not … Continue reading Fashion Lookbook of the French Bourbon Consorts: Before the French Revolution- The Baroque Period and Early Rococo Era.